RUSSIABy Parker Hopkins

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Religions

15% - 20% Russian orthodox 2% Christian Islam 10%-15% (includes practicing worshiper only)

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This is Russia's flag. This is their map.

Russia is in both northern and eastern hemisphere.

Clip art

http://www.mega-flags.com/Russian-Flag-Russia-Flag-Flag-of-Russia.html

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Hemisphere.aspx#5

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Education

Russia's education in free to Russian citizens and managed by the ministry of education through regional administers. Private schools educations are avible but student generally attend public schools until university, when some the chose private education.

INFORMATION

Russia’s capital city is Moscow. Their population is 142,500,482 in 2011. Their population growth rate is 0.48%. Their life expectancy is 66.46 density per sq mi. Their GDP is $2,504,000,000,000. Other cites are St.Petersburg, Novosibrisk,

Yekaterinburg, Nizhny, Novgorod, samara, Kazan, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, Rostovon-Don, Ufa, Volgograd.

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http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/russia.htm

Location

Russia is in Asia and on the Eurasian and north American plate plate.

http://www.maporld.com/russiasofw/

Size

17.075.400 sq km 660° longitude340° latitude

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Interesting fact

When a child loses a tooth he or she put it in a mouse hole.

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Near oceans and other countries

Russia is near the pacific ocean a little by the Atlantic ocean and the arctic ocean.

Russia is by china, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Finland, pole land, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus.

http://www.mapsofworld.com/

Land Forms

Some of Russia's land forms are the islands of the Russian far east.

Also the Russian planes.

Language

In Russia they speak Russian.

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Natural hazards

There is volcanic activity in Kuril islands. Also floods happen in parts of Russia.

Climate

Russian climate ranges from steppes in the south through humid continual in much of European Russia

Natural resources

Russia has major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal.

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Interesting fact

The largest city is Moscow.

http://www.mapsofworld.com/russia/

Envormental issues

There is air pollution from industries, abandoned stocks of pesticides, ground water population from toxic waste, transportation in major cities, soil erosion, deforestation.

http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/profiles/Russia/Environment

Economy

Currency is Russian ruble(RUB) They made 4.1 million tons of aluminum

in 2009. They made 35.364 heavy trucks in 2002. They made 1.21 million cars in 2010. Growth is – 10.82

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Government

Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin Russia is an Constitutional Federation.

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History

Tradition says the Viking Rurik came to Russia in 862 and founded the first Russian dynasty in Novgorod.

In 1709 Duke Ivan III extended Russia's boundaries to the west.

In 1855 Alexander II pushed Russia boarders to the pacific and into central Asia.

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